Breaking the Cycle of Legionella Remediation and Recurrence | Webinar

When legionella is detected at an occupied healthcare facility, immediate intervention in the form of facility-led, short-course remediation is typically undertaken. Frequently, affected facilities employ methods that focus either on changing out the water in their plumbing system (e.g. ‘flushing’), dramatically increasing the level of oxidant-based chemical disinfectant in the system (e.g. hyperchlorination), or both.

Research has shown this approach can be effective at reducing legionella positivity in the near term. At the same time, these methods may interrupt building water service, and are known to corrode the pipes within the hospital’s water system. This creates a costly tradeoff for healthcare facilities by damaging patient and employee satisfaction, enterprise reputation, and occupancy rates, as well as essential plumbing infrastructure.

In addition, this approach commonly results in rapid bacterial recurrence, often in sixty days or less. This, in turn, can lead to an ongoing cycle of remediation and recurrence that is expensive, time-consuming, and fails to effectively address root causes like biofilm.
 

This session will discuss how copper-silver ionization has been shown to deliver faster, longer-lasting remediation than oxidant-based chemicals. This environmentally sustainable approach can result in reduced bacterial recurrence and corrosion in both the near and long term, helping healthcare facilities leaders achieve their goals for energy efficiency, equipment life, and effective management of aging infrastructure.
 

Learning Objectives

• How to evaluate the tradeoffs of using oxidant-based chemicals and copper-silver ionization for short-course legionella remediation 
• Essential requirements to successfully reduce associated risks
• Results observed at healthcare facilities utilizing copper-silver ionization for short-term legionella remediation
   

Instructors

Jack Murphy 
Vice President, Technology Solutions
LiquiTech

David Pierre 
Director of Water Safety Programs
LiquiTech